Srinagar: With a minimum temperature recorded at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday Kargil town was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir, as the the Met forecast light snowfall in the higher reaches. Leh in Ladakh region was at minus 5, while it was minus 4 in Gulmarg, 3.2 in[Read More…]
As Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall on Saturday, most of the Valley plunged into darkness. The snowfall caused major damage to electric lines and almost all districts in Kashmir were without electricity. Meanwhile, heart-wrenching photos of school students writing their examination in candlelight went viral.[Read More…]
Srinagar: Unprecedented power outages plunged the Kashmir Valley into darkness, with authorities on Sunday blaming Saturday’s heavy snowfall for the disruption. The valley witnessed snowfall in the month of November for the first time since 2009. Chief engineer electric maintenance Kashmir, Hashmat Qazi said the power outage was caused by[Read More…]
The snowfall, which began in the higher reaches of the Kashmir valley earlier this week, reached Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The cold wave like conditions considerably brought down the maximum temperature in Kashmir. All weather stations across the valley Friday witnessed a drop of around[Read More…]
Jammu: Landslides triggered by incessant rains closed the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday, according to a traffic department official. The landslides were triggered after night-long rains in Ramban district. “Landslide clearance operation will be started after the rains stop. Intending travellers were advised not to undertake the journey before contacting[Read More…]
Jammu & Kashmir BJP state Secretary Anil Parihar shot dead in Kishtwar. His brother Ajit Parihar was also attacked and later succumbed to injuries. The shootout took place at Tapal Mohalla. Further details are Awaited
Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Thursday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police said. Following information about the presence of militants in Bugoo village in Arizal area, the security forces started a cordon and search operation. “The hiding militants fired at the[Read More…]
Srinagar: Five civilians were killed and over a dozen others injured on Sunday when an explosion occurred a gunfight site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. According to the police, despite repeated requests not to visit the gunfight site in Laroo village till it was declared safe, civilians[Read More…]
Jammu/Srinagar: The counting of votes in the Jammu and Kashmir civic polls was completed on Saturday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the largest party in the Jammu province and the Congress doing marginally better in the Kashmir Valley. In the Jammu region that includes the districts of[Read More…]
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) issued a notice to nine students from Kashmir who attempted to arrange a funeral prayer (Namaz-e-Janaza) of the Ph.D. scholar-turned militant Mannan Wani on the varsity campus. Mannan Bashir Wani was a native of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir and was expelled from Aligarh Muslim[Read More…]
Jammu/Srinagar: The Municipal polls in Jammu and Kashmir that is taking place after a gap of 13 years, on Monday witnessed long queues in Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts while people barely arrived in the valley booths that wore a deserted look. Enthusiastic voters lined up outside the polling stations[Read More…]
Under a heavy security blanket, Jammu and Kashmir witnesses the first phase of civic polls in last 13 years today – an election made controversial after the two key parties in the Valley, National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party, pulled out. However, many voters complained that they were clueless[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) A total of 820 polling stations have been set up in 321 municipal wards for municipal polls starting on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir with 1,204 candidates in the fray but with voter participation uncertain in the Kashmir Valley. Shaleen Kabra, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 6 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Saturday that there are around 225 militants active in the state, and that “they must realize their efforts will achieve nothing.” “The LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) was ten times stronger than you (militants operating in[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 6 (IANS) National Conference MLA Shamima Firdous on Saturday alleged that BJP and RSS were involved in the killing of two of her party workers. “I have no hesitation in saying that the BJP and RSS killed my workers. I have no doubt about it,” Firdous, who represents[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) An officer of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) shot himself dead on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Police said Inspector Guti Lal of SSB’s 13 Battalion killed himself with his service rifle in Dignibal area. Further details were not available. –IANS sq/mr
Jammu, Oct 1 (IANS) Four people were killed in a road accident in Jammu, police said on Monday. The accident took place late Monday night when a private vehicle collided with a load carrier in Bathera on the Jammu-Akhnoor road. “The victims were killed on the spot while one other[Read More…]
Seems like the district football association is more interested in elections that’s why the players themselves had to fund for organising football tournaments in Sopore. For the first time, people are witnessing a football matches being played under floodlights. Football, world’s most popular game, kick-started with its inaugural match on[Read More…]
Thirty people, including women and children, were rescued in Jammu and Kashmir during a flash flood in Kathua district, police said on Monday. These people were marooned in different parts of the district following heavy rains. They were rescued after a night-long operation in Billawar, Nagri, Jakhole and Chabbe Chak[Read More…]
The Congress on Wednesday said it will participate in the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the media here, G.A. Mir, President of Jammu and Kashmir Congress unit, said his party had decided to take part in the polls to “keep the communal forces away”. In[Read More…]
Srinagar, Sep 15 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a hotel here on Saturday with fire tenders trying to contain it from spreading. The blaze started at the top floor of the multi-storeyed Pamposh Hotel on Residency Road. The building houses offices of some news channels and business establishments. There[Read More…]
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the All-Party Meeting that was held in Srinagar demanded that Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta be kept away from the Article 35-A proceedings in the Supreme Court. Omar Abdullah said the parties at the meeting made the demand[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a well-known educationist collapsed and died here on Monday during the live telecast of a popular regional Doordarshan TV show. Rita Jatinder, 86, who was also a writer, was answering questions about her life and achievements on the channel’s ‘Good Morning J&K’ show when she dramatically slumped on her chair, stunning the anchors and viewers.[Read More…]
The killings in Kashmir has never ended but the reoccurrence of mysterious killings have come again to haunt the North Kashmir’s Sopore area. After a young man connected to Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat is gunned down in broad daylight yesterday by unknown gunmen for unknown reasons, the incident has spread[Read More…]
The shifting at midnight of the Jammu and Kashmir police chief, S.P. Vaid, has triggered an interesting debate in the state. The replacement surprised many although a few in the bureaucratic and police circles had been expecting the change sooner rather than later. An order issued by the state home department around midnight on Thursday said,: “Dr.[Read More…]
